New York – NYC Mayor Orders All Cranes Put In Safety Position After Deadly Collapse

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    New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (2nd R) looks up at a massive construction crane which collapsed on a street in downtown Manhattan in New York, in a picture released by the New York City Fire Department on February 5, 2016. ReutersNew York, NY – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered all construction cranes similar to the one that collapsed in lower Manhattan on Friday morning into a safety position while police investigated the cause of the crash.

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    The collapse of a tracked crane working at a downtown building killed at least one person and injured at least three, city officials said.

    “Thank God it was not worse,” de Blasio told reporters.
    Emergency crews survey a massive construction crane collapse on a street in downtown Manhattan in New York, in a picture released by the New York City Fire Department on February 5, 2016. The accident killed at least one person and seriously injuring two others, a spokesman for the New York City Fire Department said.  REUTERS/FDNY/Handout via Reuters


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